St. Louis Blues at Pittsburgh Penguins

Sat, Dec 30, 2023 · PPG Paints Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

St. Louis Blues

2 – 4

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 4–2 on Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at PPG Paints Arena. Jake Guentzel led the way with 2 points. Tristan Jarry made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
STL	0	1	1	2	27
PIT	1	1	2	4	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	15:32	PIT	EV	Drew O'Connor (4) · snap	Evgeni Malkin (17), Reilly Smith (12)	0–1
2nd	01:06	STL	PP	Robert Thomas (15) · snap	Jordan Kyrou (17), Torey Krug (16)	1–1
2nd	06:50	PIT	PP	Evgeni Malkin (14) · tip-in	Jake Guentzel (23), Rickard Rakell (7)	1–2
3rd	04:48	PIT	EV	Jeff Carter (4) · wrist	Jansen Harkins (1)	1–3
3rd	10:31	STL	EV	Kasperi Kapanen (4) · tip-in	Scott Perunovich (6)	2–3
3rd	18:29	PIT	SH EN	Sidney Crosby (20) · wrist	Jake Guentzel (24), Erik Karlsson (17)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:49	PIT	Ryan Graves	tripping	2
1st	19:30	PIT	Valtteri Puustinen	high sticking	2
2nd	06:03	STL	Sammy Blais	interference	2
2nd	12:47	STL	Marco Scandella	high sticking	2
2nd	17:01	STL	Alexey Toropchenko	holding	2
3rd	08:27	PIT	Radim Zohorna	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: STL 1.91 · PIT 4.12 · xG% STL 31.7

St. Louis Blues

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
47	Torey Krug	D	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	2		24:55	30
18	Robert Thomas	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	1	42.9	23:58	24
25	Jordan Kyrou	R	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0		22:50	22
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	100.0	16:34	23
48	Scott Perunovich	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	2		12:22	18
55	Colton Parayko	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		24:40	29
4	Nick Leddy	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2		23:36	26
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		22:52	24
10	Brayden Schenn	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	5	1	35.3	20:26	24
63	Jake Neighbours	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		15:01	21
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		15:01	19
51	Matthew Kessel	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		14:32	21
12	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	18.8	14:29	22
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	1		12:28	20
13	Alexey Toropchenko	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		11:19	16
70	Oskar Sundqvist	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	33.3	9:16	14
79	Sammy Blais	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0		6:27	9
28	Mackenzie MacEachern	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		5:59	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Joel Hofer	L	29	26	3	.897	58:28

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	2	2	+1	0	9	2	0		20:27	23
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	0	88.9	17:06	20
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	2		22:36	26
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1	70.8	20:22	23
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	100.0	19:09	23
10	Drew O'Connor	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0		16:07	24
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		16:03	25
77	Jeff Carter	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0	60.0	13:23	17
43	Jansen Harkins	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		7:14	9
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2		25:11	27
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4		24:02	28
27	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	3	4		19:27	24
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	60.0	15:37	22
55	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	50.0	14:48	22
2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:38	18
7	John Ludvig	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	1		10:49	16
48	Valtteri Puustinen	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2		10:29	16
63	Radim Zohorna	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1		7:56	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tristan Jarry	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00